Kansas City Chiefs: Ranking every season from 2010-2019

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September 29, 2014: A pass goes over the heads of New England Patriots defenders into the arms of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) for a touchdown. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Patriots 41-14 (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019

NUMBER 8: 2014

Regular Season Record: 9-7
Playoff Result: None
Biggest Win: Week 4 vs Patriots (41-14)
Worst Loss: Week 1 vs Titans (26-10)
Team MVP: Justin Houston
Rookie of the Year: De’Anthony Thomas
Notable Achievements: Beating both teams that made the Super Bowl; Second straight winning season for the first time in over a decade

Andy Reid’s second year at the helm brought about a lot of expectations from Chiefs fans, but it didn’t start out great. The team started the year at 0-2 and the first loss of the season was a downright embarrassing performance against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead. The Titans would only win one more game the rest of the year if that’s any indication as to how embarrassing the loss was.

Week two saw Kansas City drop a closely contested battle against the Broncos, who once again had KC’s number. After that, however, things picked back up with two straight wins and the Chiefs sitting at 2-2. After another loss, fans weren’t really sure what to think of this team, but they wound up going on a five-game win streak to sit at 7-3.

Once again, the Chiefs got in their own way, dropping three straight games and their late season push for a playoff spot came too late. While Kansas City finished the year with a winning record, they had to bank on a lot of other things happening and those things, sadly, did not happen – though they did keep the Chargers out of the playoffs, which was hilarious.

The Chiefs had two big time wins in 2014, with one coming against the Patriots on Monday Night Football where KC absolutely crushed New England on primetime television. This was when Arrowhead Stadium went for the loudest outdoor stadium record and still hold the record to this day.

Their other big win was against the Seahawks, who had won the Super Bowl the season prior and were a lethal team on both sides of the ball. It came down to the wire, but the Chiefs defense stuffed Seattle on multiple fourth down attempts and won the game. At the end of the season, both Seattle and New England competed in the Super Bowl, and the Chiefs were the only team to beat both of them in the regular season.

This was the infamous season in which the Chiefs went the entire campaign without a wide receiver catching a touchdown pass. When looking at their wide receiver depth chart that year, it’s not crazy to see how that was possible (remember Donnie Avery?).

The defense was one of the best in the league and kept the Chiefs in a lot of close games. The offense, however, stalled a lot and fans were constantly whining about Alex Smith being their quarterback. He started all but one game and the one he didn’t start was the season finale against the Chargers, where Chase Daniel led the Chiefs to victory and kept the Chargers out of the playoffs as a result.

The 2014 season had its moments, but when push came to shove, it’s the only year under Reid as the Chiefs head coach where the team failed to make the playoffs. For that reason, it’s the third worst season of the decade.

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